Sealing device.



No. 845,619. I PATENTEVD FEB. 26, 1907.-

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SEALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 311N124, 1906.

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No. 845,619. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

M. G. DB WOLFE.

SEALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, nos. 7

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"SEALING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented'Febl2 6, 1907.

-' Application filed January 24,1906. *Serialllo. 297.697.

T0 (LU whom, it may concern:

' Be'it known that I, MATHEW G. DE WoLrF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tampico, in the countyof Tampico,Republic of Mexico,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Devices; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sealing devices and more particularly to thatclass of sealing devices used in applying sealing-wax to envelops or thelike.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which the wax is kept in liquid state and in whichstate itmay be fed from the device to envelops or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide convenient means forregulating the feed of the sealing-wax.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3is a top plan view of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a detail verticaltransverse sectional view through the spout of the device.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 5 denotes mysealing device comprising upper and lower members 6 and 7. The lowermember 7 is in the form of a tank and is provided at its top with anoutwardly-flaring annular flange 8, the said flange serving to hold theupper member 6 in proper relation with respect to the member 7. Themember 7 is provided with a filling-spout 9, which is closed by means ofa cap 10.

Centrally of its top the lower member 7 is provided with awick-receiving tube 11, which extends above and below the top of saidmember 7. The portion of the tube 11 lying below the top of the member 7is perforated, as at 12, to permit access of the fuel contained in thesaid tank to a wick 13 in the said tube. The upper member 6 of the sealing device is substantially cylindrical in form and includes a top 14and a bottom 15, which is disposed intermediate the top 14 and the loweredge of the said member. Extending centrally through the member 6 andhaving communication through the top 14 and the bottom 15 is a flue 16,which is provided at 1ts upper end with a hinged closure 17.

The -member' 6 is provided adj ac'ent-its lower end-witlr-a seriesof-draft-openings18, and with an opening 19, through which a match maybe-inserted to light the wick 13.

Disposed upon opposite sidesoftheopenings 19 are vertical parallel guidemembers 20, between which. is received a sliding closure 21, providedwith a finger-piece 22. The member 6 is provided with a spout 23, whichhas its under side inclined downwardly and inwardly toward the saidmember, as shown at 24, and has its upper side lying in a plane abovethe bottom 15 of the said member and inclined downwardly and outwardlyfrom the said member to its outer end, the said spout 23 having its topformed by bending its upper side edges inwardly toward each other.Communicating with the portion of the member 6 between the top 14 andthe "bottom 15 and disposed between the inwardly-directed flanges of thespout 23 is an outwardly-tapered spout 25. Pivoted between ears 26,formed on the upper face of the spout 25, is a lever 27, which isprovided at its forward end with a plate 28, and which is bentrearwardly of its pivot-point to extend around the member 6, the extremerear end of the said lever being provided with a finger-piece 29, whichis so located that it may be readily reached from a handle 30, formed onthe side of the member 6 opposite the side to which the spout 23 isattached.

In operation wax is placed in that portion of the member 6 between thetop 14 and the bottom 15 and the wax melted by means of the lamp portionof the device. It will be seen that the passage of the heated airisthrough the flue 16 and the spout 23, the heated air passing throughthe flue 16 serving to melt the wax contained in the device and the airpassing through the spout 23 serving to retain the molten wax in itsliquid state until deposited upon an envelop or the like. It will beseen that pressure upon the fingerpiece 29 of the lever 27 will serve toraise the plate 8 from the open end of the spout 25 to allow the wax toflow through the said spout, a leaf-spring 31 serving to return thelever to its normal position.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising areceptacle, a spout leading from one side of said receptacle, a heaterarranged to heat said receptacle, and means for conducting the heat fromsaid heater to said spout.

2. A device of the class described compris- ICC ing a receptacle, aspout leading from said receptacle, a flue located beneath said spoutand partially inclosing the same, and a heater arranged to heat saidreceptacle and for the passage of the heat through the flue.

3. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a spouthaving communication with said receptacle, a second spout arranged belowsaid first-named spout and arranged for the passage of air therethrough,and means for heating said receptacle and said last-named spout.

4. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a spoutleading from one side of said receptacle, a handle located at oppositesides of said receptacle, a lever pivoted to the spout and extendingaround said receptacle with one of its ends located adjacent saidhandle, said lever being provided atits operate end with a plate toclose said spout.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

MATHEW G. DE WOLFF.

' Witnesses:

L. 0. Frame, T. J I M. MORALEs GorNEz.

